What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81957 and 81977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81957 and 81977 is 1.

GCF(81957,81977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81957 and 81977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81957 and 81977.

How to find the GCF of 81957 and 81977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81957 and 81977. After we will calculate the factors of 81957 and 81977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81957

Prime factors of 81957 are 3, 17, 1607. Prime factorization of 81957 in exponential form is:

81957 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81977

Prime factors of 81977 are 7, 239. Prime factorization of 81977 in exponential form is:

81977 = 7³ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 81957

List of positive integer factors of 81957 that divides 81957 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1607, 4821, 27319

Step-4: Factors of 81977

List of positive integer factors of 81977 that divides 81957 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 239, 343, 1673, 11711

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81957 and 81977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81957 and 81977 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81957 and 81977